Imagine America Promise Scholarship Program

In 2002, the Imagine America Foundation created the Imagine America Promise scholarship program. This exciting program is the actualization of the Foundation’s promise to assist students who are currently attending participating Imagine America colleges by way of the Imagine America high school scholarship and whose exceptional grades show a strong commitment to their current program of study. The Imagine America Promise scholarship program builds upon the Foundation’s award-wining Imagine America scholarship program, for which career colleges provide the funding. However, Imagine America Promise scholarships are funded in another way – entirely from grants made by our sponsors. The Imagine America Promise scholarship provides these cash grants toward the student’s schooling.

To date, the Foundation has provided more than 1 million dollars in grants.

Prospective recipients must meet the following scholarship criteria:

Student must be nominated by his/her career college – each career college campus may nominate up to 3 applicants per campus

Student must have been a 2014 Imagine America (high school) scholarship recipient

Student must have completed at least one term in his/her course of study

Student's college graduation date must be after June 1, 2015

Student must have a college cumulative 3.5 or higher GPA

Student must currently have a 95 percent or higher attendance record

Student must obtain a written recommendation from a faculty/administrator representative of his/her career college

A copy of the student's transcripts must be sent with the nomination form

All applicants must write a student statement describing why they chose their college, why they chose their program of study, and what they like best about the college they are attending. (Should be no less than 100 words and no more than 400)

All applicants must write a student testimonial describing how receiving the Imagine America Scholarship has helped them and how the Promise Scholarship will them. (Should be no less than 100 words and no more than 400)

Student must submit a high resolution photo of themselves (a headshot would work best and no group pictures) as a JPEG, TIFF, or GIFF file.

Imagine America Foundation responsibilities:

The number of recipients will depend on available funds

The Foundation will review all applications and submit the completed applications to the scholarship committee

Notice of recipients will be listed on the website and monies will be forwarded to the school

The Award is a onetime award, non-transferable, non-negotiable and non-refundable

All incomplete applications will be deemed ineligible

Award can be revoked if recipient’s current education is discontinued for any reason

Imagine America Foundation's Promise Award Class of 2015:

Nick Arnold- NASCAR Technical Institute- Mooresville, NC

Andrej Besednjak- ETI Technical College- Niles, OH

Paris Boswell- Specs Howard School of Media Arts- Southfield, MI

Andrew Burk- Triangle Tech- Pittsburgh, PA

Tyler Chambers- Triangle Tech- Du Bois, PA

William Evans- Tidewater Tech- Norfolk, VA

Kelsey Franczek- Ohio Valley College of Technology- East Liverpool, OH

Testimonials

Steve Gunderson

President and CEO, Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU)

The Imagine America Foundation’s annual Fact Book contains a wealth of data about private sector colleges and universities and the students they serve, said Steve Gunderson. APSCU regularly uses this vital information when speaking with congressional members and the media.